South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-10

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ROMNEY, JUNE 10. 1887.
Home Gossip.
Gilkesou d Sons stock Of Cling.
hams 10 larger than ever before.
Mr.. Daley 10 holding court for
'Jodge Armstrong In Grant.
Edward Liller. aged 81. died near
here yesterday. Of c,nsump,ion.
Mr.. Quill McCarty of Barkville. was
in town Monday.
Rev. @. w. Finley returned from
St Louie wednesday evening.
John w. Philips. Esq. Of South
0Mncb, paid 10 . pleasant call Sat-
'Urday.
Mr.. Floarnoy ID sSill siek. aud will b
unable 70 attend 70 any business for
several weeks.
Mr.. Albert Harness, OF Hardy,
spent several days in Romnsy, this
week.
Gilkeson 4 Bon will deal very
largely In Wool and Bark this season.
See them before selling.
Misses Sallie and Lulu Parsons,
Of Springfield, were the guests Of Miss
Bette Parker this week.
Mr.. John C. nsiskell has been conc
fined TO his house several day this
week by sickness.
Misc Susie Carskadon Of Keyssr,
10 visiting her cousin. Mrs. Bion Hare
mison.
Mr.. Jacob Ridenour and son Ed
ward returned from Richmond Satur.
day.
The festival held BY the ladies Of
the n. E. Church South on Monday
WAS quite successful affair netting
$64.
Mr.. Ned Durbip OF Denver Colo.
RADIO. and Miss Lucy Fechtig, OF
Cumberland, spent Friday night at
their aunt's, Mrs. A. l. Inskeep.
WANTED-lO,OO0 Lbs. Wool. for
which the highest Cash price will be
psid. G. I. WIRGMAN.
May 1866. Romney. w. Va.
Mrs. S. r. McGlathsry. OF Green
Spring Mrs. DR.. Kirk and Mrs. John
Williamson, of Paw.Paw. were visit
ing friends in Romnsy this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert, and Mr. Eek.
ridge, Of Baltimore. we're in Romney
this week, having been called here by
che illness Of Maj. Coveil.
For Ladies' and Gents Fine Shoes,
Gilkeson & Son tske the lead. Call
for their % Patent Lace, unexcslled
In this market or any other.
A child With neither upper nor low
er limbs was born near Augusta this
county, Friday. 1t 10 apparently
perfectly healthy.
Mr. J. Taylor Fisher and wife
passed through this place last Fri
day from Burlington TO Capon Bridge
Mr.. Fisher will hereafter be located
at Bunker Hill, Berkeley county.
Dir. DC. wirgman WAS down from
Mocrefield on Decoration Day. He.
like . great many others. finds the In.
'tslllgencer indispen sable and ordered
'it sent to him.
A sporting party consisting OF Cap.
tain A. B. Campbell, j. z. Wool. d.
6. Beckett, and A. d. Williamson,
from McKeesport. Pa, were register.
cd at the Parker House Tuesday.
Mics Agnes Grimm. OF Philadel.
pbia, Articulation teacher in the Deaf
and Blind Institution 1t this pl ace,
left yesterday morning for Stanton
on account Of the sickness OF her sis.
ter.
DR.. Rosecrans Workman, OF Spring.
held. was on our streets Saturday.
The Doctor has always been o hard
student, 10 q graduate OF two univer.
sitiee, those OF W. Va. and N T., and
q pleasant gentleman witbaI. We
wish him much success In The practice
of bis profession.
Two gentlemen Of this county In
formed us this week that, by borrow.
ing the IntelIigencer, they had seen
how much home news they were mis-
siDg, and hence concluded to sub
scribe for il. Well, we do not like
this borrowing papers much, but il it |
will have the same effect upon others
they have our permission TO look over
tbeir neighbors' Intslligencets occa-
isonally.
We notice from the Roho. OF Key.
ser, that many houses are building
there, business of all kinds 10 -four |
ishing, and the town 10 having a reg
MAR boom. II il keep pace with the
Echo in Improvement, It will be q
young London soon. That paper is
now on cightspsge home.print. print. |
ed by steam, and one OF the most ably
edited journals In West Virginia,
though It's politics will bear watching.
We congratulate our neighbor upon
his prosperity aud the enviable rank
the Echo is taking among the papers
OF the State.